Kate Douglas Wiggin

Kate Douglas Wiggin (September 28, 1856 - August 24, 1923) was an American children's author and educator.

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Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin was born in Philadelphia. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878 (the "Silver Street Free Kindergarden"). With her sister in the 1880's she also established a training school for kindergarden teachers.

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She was also a writer of children's books, the best known being The Birds' Christmas Carol (1887) and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903).

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Kate Wiggin died at Harrow, Middlesex, England.

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